Hydraulics and Pneumatics: A Quick Review on Their Differences
December 9th, 2019To make equipment and machines work, a certain type of actuator or mechanical systems must be installed. Machines, cars, power tools, and other products that require power benefit from mechanical systems, which can be grouped into two types. Hydraulics and pneumatics are both categorised under mechanical systems. Hydraulics and pneumatics are both controlled by valves […]
How Contaminants Affect the Reliability of Hydraulic Systems
November 19th, 2019A hydraulic system is essential to making complex and fast-moving machines work and function. It works by moving energy from a motor to an actuator through the use of pressurised fluid. This pressurised fluid acts in every part of a vessel and creates force or power. This force, whenever applied, can easily lift heavy loads […]
The Negative Effects of Overpressurization on Hydraulic Components
November 4th, 2019A hydraulic pump is designed to run at a specific flow and pressure level, and so, bumping up the pressure level of the pump can cause negative effects on its internal components. This phenomenon, known as overpressurization, can degrade the overall quality of the hydraulic pump and will eventually cause its permanent failure. Effects of […]
How to Maintain the Efficiency of Hydraulic Accumulators
October 17th, 2019Hydraulic accumulators function like compact fluid batteries. In electronics terms, they’re capacitors or energy storage units. They store fluid energy, in other words. When they work as they’re designed to, remote system energies keep heavy mechanical assemblies moving responsively. However, if a hydraulic accumulator operates inefficiently, those moving parts become unresponsive. They move, but the […]
Hydraulic Fluid Overheating Problems: What are the Common Causes?
October 3rd, 2019Non-industry customers are always surprised when they hear that hydraulic fluid can get too hot. Surely, the oil should cool itself, they say. That’s not necessarily true, unfortunately. Hydraulic fluid overheating issues exist, that’s a proven fact. Moving on from this self-evident conclusion, the real question is what causes the thermal saturation. What’s the origin, […]
